Wiktionary

Bridport dagger

English edit

Noun edit

Bridport dagger (plural Bridport daggers)

  1. (obsolete, colloquial) A hangman's noose.
    • 2023 December 27, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: the way to Weymouth”, in RAIL, number 999, page 53:
      Bradshaw has a welcome habit of lobbing in the odd bit of local folklore, and he excels here with "He was stabbed with a Bridport dagger was an old saying for a man that was hung".

Usage notes edit

  • To be "stabbed with a Bridport dagger" was to be executed by hanging.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=Bridport_dagger&oldid=77522123"